The sun did not shine.I was too bored to play.So I sat in the flatAll that cold, cold, wet day.

I sat there with Mycroft.We sat there, we two,And I Said "How I wishFor a murder or two!"

Too wet to track printsAnd no DI to call.So we sat in the flat.We did nothing at all.

So all we could do was toSit!Sit!Sit!Sit!

And we did not like it.Not one little bit.And thenSomething went BUMP!

How that bump made us jump!We looked!Then we say him step in on the mat!We looked!And we saw him!The Cat in the hat!And he said to us,"Why do you sit there like that?"

"I know it is wetAnd the sun is not sunny.But we can haveLots of good fun that is funny!""I know some good games we could play,"Said the cat."I know some things too,"Mycroft said to the cat."I know your secrets.I could tell them to you.""But John WatsonWill think you are rude if you do."

Then Mycroft and IDid not know what to say.For John Watson was out of the flatFor the day.

But the skull said "No! No!Make that cat go away!Tell that Cat in the HatYou do NOT want to play.He should not be here.He should not be about.He should not be hereWhen John Watson is out!"

"Now! Now! Have no fear.Oh, my dears." Said the cat."My tricks are not bad,"Said the Cat in the Hat."Why, we can haveLots of good fun, that's not dull,With a game that I callUp-up-up with a skull!"

"Put me down!" said the skull."I am starting to shake!Put me down!" said the skull."I do not wish to break!"

"Have no fear!" said the cat."I will not let you fall.I will hold you up highAs I stand on a ball.With your phone on one hand!A cup of tea on my hat!But that is not all I can do!"Said the cat…

"Look at me!Look at me now!" said the cat."With the tea and a cakeOn the top of my hat!I can hold up two phones!I can hold up the skull!And a violin bow!And a beaker that's full!And look!I can hop up and down on the ball!But that is not all!Oh, no.That is not all…

Look at me!Look at me!Look at me now!It is fun to have funBut you have to know how.I can hold up the teaAnd the beaker and cake!I can hold up these phones!And the skull on a rake!I can hold Sherlock's bowAnd some surgical tape!And look! With my tailI can hold Mycroft's cape!I can twirl with the capeAs I hop on the ball!But that is not all.Oh, no.That is not all…

That is what the cat said…Then he fell on his head!He came down with a bumpFrom up there on the ball.And Mycroft and I,We saw ALL the things fall!

And the skull came down, too.He fell in a pot!He said, "Do I like this?Oh, no! I do not.This is not a good game,"Said our skull in a snit."No, I do not like,Not one little bit!"

"Now look what you did!"Said the skull to the cat."Now look at this flat!Look at this! Look at that!You've broken the beaker.The table has a new scrape!You spilled all the teaAnd you've torn Mycroft's cape.You SHOULD NOT be hereWhen the doctor is not.You get out of this flat!"Said the skull in the pot.

"But I like to be here.Oh, I like it a lot!"Said the Cat in the HatTo the skull in the pot."I will NOT go away.I do NOT wish to go!And so," said the Cat in the Hat."SoSoSo…I will show youAnother good game that I know!"

"And then he ran out.And, then, fast as a fox,The Cat in the HatCame back in with a box.

A big red wood box.It was shut with a hook."Now look at this trick,"Said the cat."Take a look!"

Then he got up on topWith a tip of his hat."I call this game Death-in-a-box,"Said the cat."In this box are two thingsI will show to you now.You will like these two things,"Said the cat with a bow.

"I will pick up the hook,You will see something new.Two things. And I call themThing One and Thing Two.These Things will not bite you.I'm the kinky fun one."Then, out of the boxCame Thing Two and Thing One!And they ran to us fast.They said, "How do you do?Would you like to shake handsWith Thing One and Thing Two?"

And Mycroft could seeIt was not what I'd do.So he had to shake handsWith Thing One and Thing Two.He shook their two hands,But our skull said, "No! No!Those Things should not beIn this house! Make them go!They should not hereWhen the doctor is not!Put them out! Put them out!"Said the skull in the pot.

"Have no fear, little skull,"Said the Cat in the Hat."These things are good Things."And he gave them a pat."It is nice to keep themAs pets and for play.They will give you some funOn this wet, wet, wet day."

"Now, here is a game that they like,"Said the cat."They like to sharp shoot,"Said the Cat in the Hat.

"No! Not in the house!"Said the skull in the pot."They should not sharp shootIn a house! They should not!Oh, the things they will break!Oh, the things they will hit!Oh, I do not like it!Not one little bit!"

Then Mycroft and ISaw them run down the hall.We saw those two ThingsBump their guns on he wall!Bump! Thump! Thump! Bump!Down the wall in the hall.

Thing Two and Thing one!They ran up! They ran down!On the scope of one gunJohn's new jumper in brown!His jumper with stripesThat are green, white and red.Then we saw one gun fireOn the head of his bed!

Then those Things ran aboutWith big bumps, jumps and kicksAnd with shots and big thumpsAnd all kinds of bad tricks.And I said,"I do NOT like they way that they play!If Watson could see this,Oh what would he say!"

Then the skull said," Look! Look!"And he rattled with fear."John Watson is on his way home!Do you hear?Oh, what will he do to us?What will he say?Oh, he will not like itTo find us this way!"

"So DO something! Fast!" said the skull."Do you hear!I saw him. John Watson!John Watson is near!So, as fast as you can,Think of something to do!You will have to get rid ofThing One and Thing Two!"

I knew what I needed!My bee-keepers net!And I said, "With my netI can get them I bet.I bet, with my net,I can get those Things yet!"

Then I let down my net.It came down with a PLOP!And I had them! At last!Those two Things had to stop.Then I said to the cat,"Now you do as I say.You pack up those ThingsAnd you take them away!"

"Oh dear!" said the cat."You did not like our game…Oh dear.What a shame!What a shame!What a shame!"

Then he shut up the ThingsIn the box with the hook.And the cat went awayWith a sad kind of look.

"That is good," said the skull."He has gone away. Yes.But John Watson will come.He will find this big mess!And this mess is so bigAnd so deep and so tall.We can not pick it up.There is no way at all!"

And THEN!Who was back in the house?Why, the cat!

"Have no fear of this mess,"Said the Cat in the Hat."I always pick up all my playthingsAnd so…I will show you anotherGood trick that I know!"

Then we saw him pick upAll the things that were down.He picked up the cake,And the rake, and the tea,And the beaker, and jumper,And the phones, and the cape.And the bow, and the ball,And the surgical tape.He picked up the skullAnd he put him away.Then he said, "That is that."And he winked and was goneWith a tip of his hat.

Then John Watson came inAnd he said to us two,"Did you have any fun?Tell me. What did you do?"

And Mycroft and I did not knowWhat to say.Should we tell himThe things that went on there that day?

Should we tell him about it?Now, what SHOULD we do?Well…What would YOU doIf John Watson asked YOU?

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